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History

In January 1983 the seed was sown for the formation of a small concert
group to sing a wide range of music from the theatre - opera, operetta
and musicals. But this was to be no choral group - the group would sing
without music (well, 99.9% of the time!), would add movement and costume.
The programme would be constructed so that, wherever possible, scenes
were created and the programme given a continuous flow by items running
one into another. Printed programmes were decided against, so that different
members of the group interacted with the audience to set up the scenes
to follow. Finally, and perhaps the most far-reaching decision that was
to be made, the group should concentrate on performing group items rather
than a series of solos and duets led to the group's name - Ensemble.